Queens suspended our Saints and Scholars Campaign for the purposes of undertaking the 2025 DSA. Though we have gone over goal for DSA, we have not yet reached our goal for the Stewardship for Saints and Scholars Capital Campaign for Catholic Education. We are so close, with pledges of 2,553,000, placing us at 97% of the way to our overall S3 target of $2,665,000. The 579 donors represent nearly 39% of our 1,500 registered families. That means there are over 900 families who did not make a gift. As a parish with a school and a long, rich history of supporting Catholic education, I think it is only right to keep working at this until we have met our goal.
Though pledge commitments of a multi-year variety are still the best and most reliable way to fundraise toward large goals, now it is all about upping the participation rate to finish off the campaign.
If 250 families made a one-time gift of $500 we would surpass the $112,000 standing between us and victory. If 102 families made a gift of $1,000 to S3 we would also surpass our target.
The monies raised for saints and scholars will be spent on teachers, schools and tuition, not adding to the diocesan coffers. The diocese is paying for the campaign but making nothing from it. S3 establishes endowments to ensure that we hire, train and retrain well educated teachers who live their faith and spread it by word and example. At the same time, S3 funds will provide bonuses to new families in our Catholic schools and vast increases in the amount of diocesan financial aid given to families who demonstrate need all across our K-12 system.
If you haven’t already made a gift to saints and scholars, now is your chance. Maybe you have some leftovers from a tax refund or a distribution from a retirement account? There are still S3 envelopes at the doors of church or you can use the link below.
